The Sons of The Last Emperor | 1/2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.ค. 2022
- Welcome back to back to history, todays video is all about Emperor Wilhelm II first three son's. This video is the first part of a two part series with todays covering his eldest three son's:
- Wilhelm, German Crown Prince
- Prince Eitel of Prussia
- Prince Adalbert of Prussia
Link for the video about their sister:
• Daughter of The Last E...
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If only Fredrick III hadn't smoked, oh how the world would be so different. Wilhelm II coming to the throne at 50+ would have been much more mellow than the Wilhelm II that came to the throne at 29.
Or angrier? Because he had to wait so long? Just a thought!
@@tomcooper-hayes6579I mean, King Edward VII was in his 50's when he came to the British throne and he didn't make a fuss about his mother serving as queen for over 60 years...
@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 ….Edward did find other ways to fill his time……..and how…….
Thank you for posting this!!! I have always loved reading about Prince Adalbert and I have him on my background screen. I am the offspring of a president and even though our family monarchy is abolished, I still love reading about royal history and the Kings and Queens. I subscribed!!!!:)
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!
What tumultuous times they lived in, these German great grandsons of Queen Victoria. Thank you for such thorough biographies and the rarely seen images, which make them step out of dry history books. Can't wait to learn about their younger brothers next time!
Thanks for watching!
We found out some time ago that the founding father of my mothers side of the family came here from Germany in 1742 i believe is the year. We even found the name of the ship he sailed here on, landing on Philadelphia. He joined the British Colonial Army, and actually served under a young man named George Washington in the French and Indian War. He stayed with the Colonial Army until the Revolution broke out and then joined up with Washingtons Colonial Army. He fought in every battle that Washingtons army did, was at Valley Forge and crossed the Delaware and fought his own country men at Trenton. He mustered out at the end of the war and my aunt found a will from him that showed that he had settled in North Carolina so we think he got paid or recieved a grant of land after the war. It was fascinating to find out all of this about someone in your own family that served in the history you learnnin school. The name over the years became Americanized to Hoots, i think the original German name was Heth or something very similar to that. I dont quite remember the spelling. All of the research is in the attic in totes.
Thanks for bringing history alive for your viewers!
Great Video. You are becoming one of my favorite historical youtubers. It's sad how he never got the chance to rule in his own right.
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You are the best royal biographer channel thank you for covering the german royals they are not known to many 🙏🏾💯
Excellent content. Very well organized and produced.
Prince Adalbert's daughter lived in Springfield MO for a while.
Interesting!
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Really? That is so interesting. I'm from a few miles north of Springfield and I never knew that.
Thank you so much for this wonderful presentation! I’ve learned a lot from it.
You are so welcome!
You are a very talented amateur historian, keep these videos coming!!
Incredible video!
A suggestion - this family of 6 sons is not very well known here in my country. I think that may be due to their not being the "main players" in the World Wars or in royal society. I think it would be helpful to put a family tree chart in this video and your upcoming videos.
Nicely done both in the video presentation and the narration!
Oh, one tiny pronunciation correction. You mentioned that the first son's wife had a firey
temper. The pronunciation would be "fii-er-ee".
People talk about how inbred the British royal family is (or was, prior to Prince Charles' generation).
All of those little Germanic kingdoms/principalities must have intermarried quite a lot too.
Yes indeed, their parents were second cousins for example
A few days ago , there was the funeral of Duke Karl von Württemberg, who would have been Long. Karl ll of Württemberg. He was no more a ruling monarch, but Greatduke of Luxemburg and Prince of Liechtenstein visited the funeral. And as substitute for former royal guard a , historic citizens militia' ( historische Bürgerwehr guarded the funeral and escorted the coffin.
Historische Bürgerwehren, an umbrella term for historical citizens militias, are nowadays only historical, tradidion keeping, civilian, ceremonial societies. They appear at historical/ tradition events, they do a short march and drill show, the band plays military marches and then they fire some salut/ blanks salvos. This are mostly elderly men in historic uniforms. But up to 1848 this had been real militias to support Army and Police.
A strange event i had about ten years ago. I took part at an history daytrip of a small historical society to visit Lichtenberg castle and hidtoric ,Old Town' of Marbach am Neckar, the tour guide was the leading Archive official of Marbach town. When the daytrip started at Stuttgart, capital of state Baden- Württemberg, the busdriver showed a list to each traveller, which seat number he had to use. The five seats in the rear had been for Herzog ( Duke in german) von Württemberg. A Duke travelling in a bus with commoners? Must be a joke. It was an old gentleman, dressed in coat and hat, with cane or umbrella, sitting there. But: When arriving at medieval looking Lichtenberg castle the castleowner , a Freiherr ( Baronet?) von Weiler, waited. When he saw the old gentleman, he lifted his hat, did a bow and said: His royal highness has not visited me for a long time! I was rather surprised. A) The old gentleman was realy a member of württembergian dynasty. B) About ninety years after end of german monarchy a member of a former Knights family made a bow and said : His royal highness to a member of former royal family!
If you get into this, WWI reads like a giant family feud. All the royalty were cousins, I think.
@@karenmcpherson9221It is, even within the countries involved with it. Hungary very displeased with the "liberal" government in Vienna, Bavaria none too happy about Prussia being the Big boy in the German Empire, Poland wants to exist again, etc...
Great content.
By the way, apostrophes are for indicating contractions and possession; they are not used to denote the plural form of a noun.
Just fixed that, thanks!
Love the topic selection. Not enough about German Royalty out there in English (written or spoken).
As a note: the image you use starting at the 0:23 mark isn't Crown Prince Wilhelm but his own eldest child Prince Wilhelm (Wilhelm Friedrich Franz Joseph Christian Olaf (1906-1940)).
Thanks! My bad, thanks for mentioning!
Their wives all seem to outlive them by 20+ years.
0:35 please notice!!!!!!! This is not Wilhelm the Crownprince and eldest son of Wilhelm II.! This of course is Wilhelm II. Grandson and son of Wilhelm the Crownprince, he named also Wilhelm
😂 Kronprinz Wilhelm was like a caricature playboy. Being chauffeured around the Gernan front lines during the First World War, giving cigarettes out to weary soldiers. He was, however, probably the first senior German Army figure to state that his country could not win the war, after their setback at the Marne in 1914...
These videos are so informative and it constantly reminds me of the fact that they're all extended family of the family responsible for so much carnage in the world. Interesting history but its time all monarchies to he abolished. There is no place for them in the modem world.
Do you have instagram?
Only my privat one, not one related to my YT channel
Great video! But it would be "sons" not "son's" as the apostrophe means it would be possessive. Just a nitpick :P
Thank you! I guess I was too tired when uploading, just fixed that 😅
@@BackToHistoryYT Happy to help, haha. Keep up the good work!
Will married Victorias
half sisters granddaughter.
🤺💐
I cant see why today, after over 100 years, the Kaisers family cant be brought back at least as figureheads, with no real power, but prestige.
I love German royalty because it is so interesting and I speak German and it is a beautiful language ❤🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
Theres some of the bloodline alive still
@0:15 OMG The Empresss Augusta Victoria (apart from nose at closer look) looks SO much like his Ella Princess of Hesse and by Thine (later Grand Duchess Ella, then Abbess-Duchess Feodorovna) they look sooooi much alike, altho Ella was Heavenly Beautiful (all of Alice's daughters were) but they have the same likeness, thats so freaky. So she turned one cousin down for another anti-semitic (and rumored homosexual) Russian husband.
Prince Charles of England resembles prince willhem
CP Wilhelm and Prince Charles look alike…
They're all related to each other.
William is Wilhelm(Deutsche)
Apostrophes don't make words plural. 😢
Just fixed that, thanks!
restore the kaiser
The older I get the more Pro German I become .Now a days , I am a Deutscheophile .
i’m am also pro german
Megawd.....
The last True Emperor of the long line of Roman Emperors was Kaiser Karl of the House of Habsburg. The illicit "Emperors" of Prussia had an ancient historical rule of 47 long years. . Kaiser Franz Josef was Emperor much longer than the soo called German Empire existed.
They were not “Emperors of Prussia.” They were Kings of Prussia and German Emperors. Nothing “illicit” about their titles.
The Austrian Imperial title was completely made up.
They win their titles fair and square. Austria lost the 1866 war that dictate Germany's fate...
The, is not pronounced thee.
Yes, it is, if the next word begins with a vowel sound.
У Кронпринца самая красива форма
Fix your voice. 😂😂😂😂